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Book I. 
An hiftorical Account of the Intercouffe 
nient j withal he grappled with the Fifcal, and would 
have (topped him from carrying in the Confeffion to the 
Governor, with whom he alfo craved to fpeak, but was in- 
ftantly laid hold on, and carried away to Prifon. William 
Wether being next examined, was told by the Fifcal, that 
John Clark had con faffed him to have been at Amboyna on 
New-Tear’s-Day , and fworn to Captain Towerfon’ s Plot, 
&c. all which he denied, alledging he was that Day at 
Larica yet, being brought to the Torture, he then con- 
feffed he had been at the Confultation at Amboyna upon 
New-Tear’s-Day , with all the reft of the Circumftances in 
order as he was afked. 
He alfo further told them, he had received a Letter 
from John Clark , after which was a Poftfcript, excufing 
his brief Writing at that Time, for that there was then 
great Bufinefs in hand. But one Render , a Dutch Mer- 
chant, then Handing by, told the Governor, that upon 
New-Tear’s-Day , the Time of this pretended Confulta- 
tion, Webber and he were merry at Larica ; fo the Go- 
vernor left him and went out : But the Fifcal held out 
upon the other Point, touching the Poftfcript of Clark’s 
Letter, urging him to Ihew the fame, which, when he 
could not do, though often terrified with the Torture, he 
gave him Refpite, promifing to fave his Life, if he would 
produce the Letter. Then was Captain Towerfon brought 
to the Examination, and fhewed what others had confeff- 
ed of him ; he deeply protefted his Innoeency. Samuel 
Colfon was brought to confront him, who being told, that 
unlefs he would now make good his former Confeffion 
againft Captain Towerfon, he Ihould go to the Torture, 
coldly reaffirmed the fame, and fo was fent away. They 
alfo brought William Griggs and John Fardo to juftify their 
former Confeffions to his Face. Captain Towerfon feri- 
oufly charged, that as they would anfwer it at the dreadful 
Day of Judgment, they fhould fpeak nothing but the 
Truth : Both of them inftantly fell down upon their Knees 
before’ him, praying him, for God’s Sake, to forgive 
them ; and faying further openly, before them all, that 
whatfoever they had formerly confefled, was molt falfe, 
and fpoken only to avoid Torment. With that the Fifcal 
and the reft ordered them again to the Torture, which 
they would not endure, but then affirmed their former 
Confeffions to be true. When Colfon , who had accufed 
the Captain before, was required to fet his Hand to his 
Confeffion ; he afked the Fifcal upon whofe Head he 
thought the Sin would lie, whether upon his, who was con- 
ftrained to confefs what was falfe, or upon the Con- 
ftrainer ? 
The Fifcal, after a little Paufe upon this Queftion, went 
in to the Governor, then in another Room *, but anon, re- 
turning, faidhe muft fubfcribe it, which he did, yet withal 
made this Proteftation *, Well, quoth he, you make me 
to accufe myfelf and others, of that which is as falfe as God 
is true j for God is my Witnefs, I am as innocent as the 
Child new born. Thus have they examined all that be- 
long to the Englijh Company in the feveral Factories of 
the Bland of Amboyna. February the Twenty-firft they ex- 
amined John Wether aly Fadtor 2>x Cambello, in the Bland of 
Seran . He confefled he was at Amboyna upon New- 
Tear’s-Day , but for the Confultation whereof he was de- 
manded, he faid he knew of no other but touching cer- 
tain Cloth of the Englijh Company that lay in the Facto- 
ries rotting and worm-eaten, which they advifed together 
how to put off to the beft Avail of their Employers. The 
Governor faid, he queftioned him not about Cloth, but of 
Treafon, whereof, when he had protefted his Innocence, 
he was for that Time difmifled *, but the next Day he was 
fent for again, and Captain Towerfon brought to confront 
and accufe him, having before confefled fomewhat againft 
him *, but Mr. Towerfon, fpoke thefe Words only, O Mr. 
Wether ely Mr. W ether ely fpeak t-he Truth, and nothing but 
the Truth, as God fhall put it in your Heart ; fo Captain 
Towerfon was put out again, and Mr. Wetherel brought to 
the Torture of Water, with great Threats, if Water 
would not make him confefs, Fire fhould. He prayed 
them to tell him what he fhould fay, or to write down 
what they would, he would fubfcribe it. They faid, he 
needed no, Tutor, they would make him confefs himfelf; 
but when they had hoifted him up. four feveral Times, and 
faw he knew not what to fay ; then they read him other 
Mens Confeffions, and afked him from Point to Point, as 
they had done others, and he ftill anfwered, Tea , to 
all. 
Next was called in John Powely Wether el's Affiftant at 
Cambello ; but he proving that he was not at Amboyna fince 
Nov ember , fave now, when he was brought thither Pri- 
foner, and being fpoken for by one John Joofty who had 
long been well acquainted with him, was difmifled without 
Torture. Then was Thomas Ladbrook, Servant to We- 
therel and P owlet at Cambello , at the Time of the pre- 
tended Confultation, and ferving in fuch Quality, as that 
he was never acquainted with any of the Letters from the 
Agent of Amboynay he was eafily and quickly difmifled, 
Ephraim Ramfey was alfo examined upon the whole Con- 
fpiracy, and particularly queftioned concerning Captain 
Weldon , the Englijh Agent in Banda ; but denying all, 
and proving that he was not at Amboyna at New-years-tide, 
being alfo fpoken for by John Joofty was difmifled, after he 
had hanged in the Rack a good while, with Irons about 
his Legs, and the Cloth about his Mouth. Laftly, John 
Sadler , Servant to William Griggs at Larica , was examin- 
ed, and being found to have been abfent from Amboyna at 
New-years-tide, when Griggs and others were there, was 
difmifled. 
Thus have we all their Examinations, Torturfes, and 
Confeffions, being the Work of eight Days, from the 15th 
to the 23d of February , after which was two Days refpited 
before the Sentence. John Powel being himfelf acquitted 
as aforefaid, went to the Prifon to vifit John Fardo , one of 
thefe that had accufed Captain Towerfon ; to him Fardo 
religioufly protefted his Innoeency, but efpeciaJly his Sor- 
row for accufing Mafter Towerfon , for, faid he, the Fear 
of Death doth nothing difmay me ; for God, I truft, will 
be merciful to my Soul, according to the Innocence of my 
Caufe. The only Matter that troubles me is, that through 
Fear of Torment I have accufed that honeft and godly 
Man Captain Towerfony whom, I think in my Confidence, 
was fo upright towards all Men, that he harboured no ill-will 
to any Man ; much lefs would attempt any fuch Bufinefs as 
he is accufed of. He farther faid, he would before his 
Death receive the Sacrament, in Acknowledgment, that he 
had accufed Captain Towerfon falfely and wrongfully, only 
through Fear of Torment. 
On the 25th, O. S. all the Prifoners, as well the Englijh 
as the Portugueze and Japonefe, were brought into the great 
Hall of the Caftle, and there were folemnly condemned, 
except John Powely Ephraim Ramfey , 1 John Sadler, and 
Thomas Ladbrooky formerly acquitted as aforefaid ; Captain 
Towerfon , during all his Imprifonment, having been kept 
from the reft, fo that none could come to fpeak with him, 
writ much in his Chamber •, but all was fupprefled, fave 
only a Bill of Debt, which one Thomas Johnfon, a free 
Burgher, got of him, by Favour of his Keepers, for an 
Acknowledgment, that the Englijh Company owed him a 
certain Sum of Money. In the End of this Bill he writ 
thefe Words, Firmed by the Form of me Gabriel Towerfon, 
now appointed to die , guiltlefs of any thing that can bejuftly 
laid to my Charge. God forgive them their Guilt , and re- 
ceive me to his Mercy. Amen. This Bill being brought 
to M. Weldon , the Englijh Agent at Banda , he paid the 
Money, and received in the Acknowledgment., William 
Griggs, who had before accufed Captain Towerfon, writ the 
following Words in his Table Book: “ We whofe Names 
“ are here fpecified, John Beamont , Merchant of Lobo, Wil - 
“ Ham Griggs, Merchant of Larica, Abel Price, Chirurgeon 
“ of Amboyna , Robert Brown , Taylor, which do here lie Pri- 
“ foners in the Ship Rotterdam, being apprehended for Con- 
sc fpiracy, for blowing up the Caftle of Amboyna , we being 
“ judged to Death this fifth of March , Anno 1622, which 
“ we, through Torment, were conftrained to fpeak that 
“ which we never meant, nor once imagined, the which 
6t we take upon our Deaths and Salvation. They tortured 
“ us with that extream Torment of Fire and Water, that 
“ Flefh. and Blood could not endure; and this we take 
“ upon our Deaths, that they have put us to Death guilt- 
e< lefs of our Accufation : So therefore that we defire that 
they that fhall underftand this, that our Employers may 
underftand thefe Wrongs, and that yourfelves would 
3 “ have 
